{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"105433","rtpr_id":"nNFCHM0Zx","ticker":"XBLKX","exchange":"","all_tickers":["XBLKX"],"title":"Aitenders Technologies Inc. (Formerly, eXeBlock Technology Corporation) Announces Closing of Reverse Takeover with Aitenders and Receipt of Conditional Listing Approval from the Canadian Securities Exchange","author":"Newsfile Corp","published_at":"2026-07-31T20:05:17.721Z","article_body":"Halifax, Nova Scotia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 31, 2026) - Aitenders\nTechnologies Inc. (formerly, eXeBlock Technology Corporation) (CSE: XBLK.X)\n(the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the closing of its reverse takeover\ntransaction (the \"Transaction\") with Aitenders, a France-based developer of an\nend-to-end AI-powered platform for tender response and contract management.\n\nThe Transaction was completed under the terms of a share exchange agreement\ndated December 22, 2025, as amended, among the Company, Aitenders and the\nshareholders of Aitenders, pursuant to which the Company acquired all of the\nissued and outstanding shares of Aitenders (the \"Aitenders Shares\"). In\nconnection with the Transaction, prior to closing, the Company:\n* completed a non-brokered private placement of subscription receipts (the\n\"Subscription Receipts\") for aggregate gross proceeds of $2.4 million (the\n\"Concurrent Financing\");\n* consolidated its outstanding common shares (\"Shares\") on the basis of one\n\"new\" Share (each, a \"Resulting Issuer Share\") for approximately every\n12.589839 \"old\" Shares such that immediately prior to closing there were\napproximately 6,000,000 Resulting Issuer Shares issued and outstanding on a\nnon-diluted basis; and\n* changed its name to \"Aitenders Technologies Inc.\".\nFollowing completion of the Transaction, Aitenders has become a wholly owned\nsubsidiary of the Company, and the Company will continue the business of\nAitenders.\n\nAbout Aitenders\n\nAitenders is a private company existing under the laws of France which is\nengaged in the development and sale of an end-to-end AI-powered platform for\ntender response and contract management purpose built for complex construction\nand infrastructure projects. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in\nSaint-Étienne, France, Aitenders has been recognized among the Top 50 ConTech\nStartups 2026 globally by Cemex Ventures, serving enterprise customers\nincluding three of the top five largest construction companies in Europe and\nNorth America.\n\nConditional Approval to List the Resulting Issuer Shares\n\nConditional approval has been granted by the Canadian Securities Exchange (the\n\"CSE\") to list the Resulting Issuer Shares under the ticker symbol \"BIDS\",\nsubject to the Company satisfying the CSE's final listing requirements.\nSubject to the satisfaction of such requirements, the Company expects the\nResulting Issuer Shares to commence trading on the CSE during the week of\nMonday, August 3, concurrent with which the Company will file its Form 2A -\nListing Statement on the CSE's website and under the Company's profile on\nSEDAR+.\n\nTransaction Details\n\nPursuant to the Transaction, the former shareholders of Aitenders exchanged\nall of their Aitenders Shares for an aggregate of 54,000,000 Resulting Issuer\nShares at a deemed price of $0.5833 per Resulting Issuer Share such that,\nimmediately following closing of the Transaction but before accounting for the\nconversion of the Subscription Receipts issued under the Concurrent Financing,\nthe Company had approximately 60,857,143 Resulting Issuer Shares outstanding,\nof which 54,000,000 Resulting Issuer Shares are held by the former\nshareholders of Aitenders, and approximately 6,000,000 Resulting Issuer Shares\nare held by former shareholders of eXeBlock Technologies Corp. Accordingly,\nthe former shareholders of Aitenders have acquired control of the Company and\nthe Transaction constitutes a \"Fundamental Change\" under the policies of the\nCSE.\n\nIn consideration for its services in connection with the Transaction, the\nCompany paid Numus Capital Corp. (\"Numus\") a corporate finance fee of\n$500,000, which fee was settled through the issuance of 857,143 Resulting\nIssuer Shares at a deemed issue price of $0.5833 per Resulting Issuer Share,\nbeing the same issue price as under the Concurrent Financing.\n\nConcurrent Financing\n\nIn connection with the Transaction, the Company completed the Concurrent\nFinancing, consisting of the issuance of 4,114,521 Subscription Receipts at a\nprice of $0.5833 per Subscription Receipt for aggregate gross proceeds of\napproximately $2.4 million, with each Subscription Receipt automatically\nconverting into one (1) Resulting Issuer Share for no additional consideration\nupon the satisfaction of certain escrow release conditions, including the\nclosing of the Transaction.\n\nNumus acted as the exclusive agent for the Concurrent Financing. In\nconsideration for its services, the Company paid Numus a cash commission of\n$168,000 (equal to 7.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Concurrent\nFinancing) and issued 288,016 non-transferable broker warrants (\"Broker\nWarrants\") to Numus (equal to 7.0% of the number of Subscription Receipts\nissued under the Concurrent Financing), with each Broker Warrant exercisable\nto acquire one (1) Resulting Issuer Share at an exercise price of $0.5833 per\nResulting Issuer Share until June 25, 2028.\n\nEarly Warning\n\nPursuant to the Transaction, Geoffrey Guilly, co-founder of Aitenders,\nacquired beneficial ownership of, or control or direction over, an aggregate\nof 38,150,564 Resulting Issuer Shares, of which 37,353,741 Resulting Issuer\nShares are held directly by Mr. Guilly and 796,823 Resulting Issuer Shares are\nheld through Amplio International Consulting and Trading (\"Amplio\"), a company\ncontrolled by Mr. Guilly.\n\nFollowing closing of the Transaction, Mr. Guilly beneficially owns, or\nexercises control or direction over, 38,150,564 Resulting Issuer Shares,\nrepresenting approximately 62.69% of the issued and outstanding Resulting\nIssuer Shares before accounting for the conversion of the Subscription\nReceipts, and approximately 56.49% on a fully diluted basis. Immediately prior\nto the Transaction, Mr. Guilly did not beneficially own, or exercise control\nor direction over, any Shares of the Company.\n\nThe aggregate 38,150,564 Resulting Issuer Shares acquired by Mr. Guilly and\nAmplio pursuant to the Transaction were issued in exchange for Aitenders\nShares at a deemed price of $0.5833 per Resulting Issuer Share, representing\naggregate deemed consideration of approximately $22,253,224. The Resulting\nIssuer Shares held by Mr. Guilly and Amplio are subject to escrow in\naccordance with National Policy 46-201 Escrow for Initial Public Offerings.\nSuch Resulting Issuer Shares were acquired for investment purposes. Mr. Guilly\nmay, from time to time and subject to applicable securities laws, increase or\ndecrease his and Amplio's shareholdings or continue to hold Resulting Issuer\nShares as he may determine appropriate in the normal course. In the future,\nMr. Guilly may, directly or indirectly, acquire additional Resulting Issuer\nShares or dispose of such shares subject to a number of factors, including,\nwithout limitation, general market and economic conditions and other\ninvestment and business opportunities available.\n\nA copy of the early warning report to be filed by Mr. Guilly in connection\nwith the Transaction will be available under the Company's profile on SEDAR+\nat www.sedarplus.ca. This disclosure is being provided pursuant to National\nInstrument 62-103 - The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and\nInsider Reporting Issues.\n\nAbout Aitenders Technologies Inc.\n\nFollowing completion of the Transaction, the Company is engaged through its\nwholly owned subsidiary Aitenders in the development and sale of the\nintelligence operating system for construction. The Aitenders platform masters\nevery requirement, clause, and commitment across a project's full lifecycle ,\nfrom bid to final milestone. Each project compounds the client's proprietary\nknowledge into a data asset no competitor can replicate. Sovereign by design,\nthe platform deploys from cloud to fully offline and works with any AI model.\nThe Company serves enterprise customers in Europe and North America, including\nthree of the top five largest construction companies in Europe.\n\nContact Information\n\nGeoffrey Guilly, Chief Executive Officer\nEmail: geoffrey.guilly@aitenders.com\nInvestor Relations Website: https://investors.aitenders.com/\n\nCautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis news release contains \"forward-looking information\" and \"forward-looking\nstatements\" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation\n(collectively, \"forward-looking information\"). Forward-looking information\nincludes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to future events or\nthe Company's future performance and business, and may generally be identified\nby the use of forward-looking terminology such as \"anticipates\", \"expects\",\n\"intends\", \"plans\", \"will\", \"would\", \"may\", \"believes\", \"estimates\", or\nvariations of such words and phrases, or statements that certain actions,\nevents or results \"will\", \"may\", \"could\" or \"would\" occur or be achieved.\n\nThis news release includes, without limitation, forward-looking information\nconcerning: the anticipated listing of the Resulting Issuer Shares on the CSE\nunder the ticker symbol \"BIDS\" and the expected commencement of trading of the\nResulting Issuer Shares during the week of Monday, August 3, 2026; the\nsatisfaction by the Company of the CSE's final listing requirements; the\nanticipated filing of the Company's Form 2A - Listing Statement on the CSE's\nwebsite and on SEDAR+; the Company's continuation of the business of Aitenders\nfollowing the Transaction and the operation of Aitenders as a wholly owned\nsubsidiary of the Company; the conversion of the Subscription Receipts issued\nunder the Concurrent Financing into Resulting Issuer Shares upon satisfaction\nof the applicable escrow release conditions; the intended filing of an early\nwarning report by Geoffrey Guilly under the Company's profile on SEDAR+; and\nstatements regarding the Company's business objectives, strategy, focus on the\nconstruction sector, and the development, commercialization and capabilities\nof its end-to-end AI-powered platform for tender response and contract\nmanagement.\n\nForward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions and estimates\nthat, while considered reasonable by management of the Company as of the date\nof this news release, are inherently subject to significant business,\neconomic, regulatory and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. These\nassumptions include, without limitation, that the CSE's final listing\nrequirements will be satisfied by the Company in a timely manner or at all;\nthat the integration of Aitenders will proceed as anticipated; that the\nCompany will be able to develop, protect and commercialize its technology and\nplatform as expected; and that general economic, market and industry\nconditions will be consistent with management's current expectations.\n\nBy its nature, forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown\nrisks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results,\nperformance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any\nfuture results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such\nforward-looking information. Such risks and uncertainties include, without\nlimitation: the risk that the CSE's final listing requirements are not\nsatisfied in a timely manner or at all; that the escrow release conditions\napplicable to the Subscription Receipts may not be satisfied; risks relating\nto the early-stage nature of the Company's artificial intelligence technology\nand the ongoing development of its products and platform; the Company's\nability to attract and retain key personnel and to obtain financing on\nacceptable terms; competition; the protection of intellectual property; and\ngeneral economic, market and business conditions. The foregoing are not\nexhaustive of the factors that may cause the Company's results to differ\nmaterially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or\nimplied by forward-looking information. Additional risk factors will be\ndescribed in the Company's Form 2A - Listing Statement and in the Company's\nother disclosure documents to be filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.\n\nReaders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking\ninformation. The forward-looking information contained in this news release is\nmade as of the date of this news release, and the Company does not undertake,\nand expressly disclaims, any obligation or intention to update or revise any\nforward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future\nevents or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.\n\nNeither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider\n(as that term is defined in the policies of the Exchange) accepts\nresponsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. No stock\nexchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or\ndisapproved the information contained herein.\n\nNot for Distribution in the United States\n\n\nTo view the source version of this press release, please visit\nhttps://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/307535","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nNFCHM0Zx","title":"Aitenders Technologies Inc. (Formerly, eXeBlock Technology Corporation) Announces Closing of Reverse Takeover with Aitenders and Receipt of Conditional Listing Approval from the Canadian Securities Exchange","author":"Newsfile Corp","ticker":"XBLKX","created":"2026-07-31T20:05:17.721Z","tickers":["XBLKX"],"exchange":"","article_body":"Halifax, Nova Scotia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 31, 2026) - Aitenders\nTechnologies Inc. (formerly, eXeBlock Technology Corporation) (CSE: XBLK.X)\n(the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the closing of its reverse takeover\ntransaction (the \"Transaction\") with Aitenders, a France-based developer of an\nend-to-end AI-powered platform for tender response and contract management.\n\nThe Transaction was completed under the terms of a share exchange agreement\ndated December 22, 2025, as amended, among the Company, Aitenders and the\nshareholders of Aitenders, pursuant to which the Company acquired all of the\nissued and outstanding shares of Aitenders (the \"Aitenders Shares\"). In\nconnection with the Transaction, prior to closing, the Company:\n* completed a non-brokered private placement of subscription receipts (the\n\"Subscription Receipts\") for aggregate gross proceeds of $2.4 million (the\n\"Concurrent Financing\");\n* consolidated its outstanding common shares (\"Shares\") on the basis of one\n\"new\" Share (each, a \"Resulting Issuer Share\") for approximately every\n12.589839 \"old\" Shares such that immediately prior to closing there were\napproximately 6,000,000 Resulting Issuer Shares issued and outstanding on a\nnon-diluted basis; and\n* changed its name to \"Aitenders Technologies Inc.\".\nFollowing completion of the Transaction, Aitenders has become a wholly owned\nsubsidiary of the Company, and the Company will continue the business of\nAitenders.\n\nAbout Aitenders\n\nAitenders is a private company existing under the laws of France which is\nengaged in the development and sale of an end-to-end AI-powered platform for\ntender response and contract management purpose built for complex construction\nand infrastructure projects. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in\nSaint-Étienne, France, Aitenders has been recognized among the Top 50 ConTech\nStartups 2026 globally by Cemex Ventures, serving enterprise customers\nincluding three of the top five largest construction companies in Europe and\nNorth America.\n\nConditional Approval to List the Resulting Issuer Shares\n\nConditional approval has been granted by the Canadian Securities Exchange (the\n\"CSE\") to list the Resulting Issuer Shares under the ticker symbol \"BIDS\",\nsubject to the Company satisfying the CSE's final listing requirements.\nSubject to the satisfaction of such requirements, the Company expects the\nResulting Issuer Shares to commence trading on the CSE during the week of\nMonday, August 3, concurrent with which the Company will file its Form 2A -\nListing Statement on the CSE's website and under the Company's profile on\nSEDAR+.\n\nTransaction Details\n\nPursuant to the Transaction, the former shareholders of Aitenders exchanged\nall of their Aitenders Shares for an aggregate of 54,000,000 Resulting Issuer\nShares at a deemed price of $0.5833 per Resulting Issuer Share such that,\nimmediately following closing of the Transaction but before accounting for the\nconversion of the Subscription Receipts issued under the Concurrent Financing,\nthe Company had approximately 60,857,143 Resulting Issuer Shares outstanding,\nof which 54,000,000 Resulting Issuer Shares are held by the former\nshareholders of Aitenders, and approximately 6,000,000 Resulting Issuer Shares\nare held by former shareholders of eXeBlock Technologies Corp. Accordingly,\nthe former shareholders of Aitenders have acquired control of the Company and\nthe Transaction constitutes a \"Fundamental Change\" under the policies of the\nCSE.\n\nIn consideration for its services in connection with the Transaction, the\nCompany paid Numus Capital Corp. (\"Numus\") a corporate finance fee of\n$500,000, which fee was settled through the issuance of 857,143 Resulting\nIssuer Shares at a deemed issue price of $0.5833 per Resulting Issuer Share,\nbeing the same issue price as under the Concurrent Financing.\n\nConcurrent Financing\n\nIn connection with the Transaction, the Company completed the Concurrent\nFinancing, consisting of the issuance of 4,114,521 Subscription Receipts at a\nprice of $0.5833 per Subscription Receipt for aggregate gross proceeds of\napproximately $2.4 million, with each Subscription Receipt automatically\nconverting into one (1) Resulting Issuer Share for no additional consideration\nupon the satisfaction of certain escrow release conditions, including the\nclosing of the Transaction.\n\nNumus acted as the exclusive agent for the Concurrent Financing. In\nconsideration for its services, the Company paid Numus a cash commission of\n$168,000 (equal to 7.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Concurrent\nFinancing) and issued 288,016 non-transferable broker warrants (\"Broker\nWarrants\") to Numus (equal to 7.0% of the number of Subscription Receipts\nissued under the Concurrent Financing), with each Broker Warrant exercisable\nto acquire one (1) Resulting Issuer Share at an exercise price of $0.5833 per\nResulting Issuer Share until June 25, 2028.\n\nEarly Warning\n\nPursuant to the Transaction, Geoffrey Guilly, co-founder of Aitenders,\nacquired beneficial ownership of, or control or direction over, an aggregate\nof 38,150,564 Resulting Issuer Shares, of which 37,353,741 Resulting Issuer\nShares are held directly by Mr. Guilly and 796,823 Resulting Issuer Shares are\nheld through Amplio International Consulting and Trading (\"Amplio\"), a company\ncontrolled by Mr. Guilly.\n\nFollowing closing of the Transaction, Mr. Guilly beneficially owns, or\nexercises control or direction over, 38,150,564 Resulting Issuer Shares,\nrepresenting approximately 62.69% of the issued and outstanding Resulting\nIssuer Shares before accounting for the conversion of the Subscription\nReceipts, and approximately 56.49% on a fully diluted basis. Immediately prior\nto the Transaction, Mr. Guilly did not beneficially own, or exercise control\nor direction over, any Shares of the Company.\n\nThe aggregate 38,150,564 Resulting Issuer Shares acquired by Mr. Guilly and\nAmplio pursuant to the Transaction were issued in exchange for Aitenders\nShares at a deemed price of $0.5833 per Resulting Issuer Share, representing\naggregate deemed consideration of approximately $22,253,224. The Resulting\nIssuer Shares held by Mr. Guilly and Amplio are subject to escrow in\naccordance with National Policy 46-201 Escrow for Initial Public Offerings.\nSuch Resulting Issuer Shares were acquired for investment purposes. Mr. Guilly\nmay, from time to time and subject to applicable securities laws, increase or\ndecrease his and Amplio's shareholdings or continue to hold Resulting Issuer\nShares as he may determine appropriate in the normal course. In the future,\nMr. Guilly may, directly or indirectly, acquire additional Resulting Issuer\nShares or dispose of such shares subject to a number of factors, including,\nwithout limitation, general market and economic conditions and other\ninvestment and business opportunities available.\n\nA copy of the early warning report to be filed by Mr. Guilly in connection\nwith the Transaction will be available under the Company's profile on SEDAR+\nat www.sedarplus.ca. This disclosure is being provided pursuant to National\nInstrument 62-103 - The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and\nInsider Reporting Issues.\n\nAbout Aitenders Technologies Inc.\n\nFollowing completion of the Transaction, the Company is engaged through its\nwholly owned subsidiary Aitenders in the development and sale of the\nintelligence operating system for construction. The Aitenders platform masters\nevery requirement, clause, and commitment across a project's full lifecycle ,\nfrom bid to final milestone. Each project compounds the client's proprietary\nknowledge into a data asset no competitor can replicate. Sovereign by design,\nthe platform deploys from cloud to fully offline and works with any AI model.\nThe Company serves enterprise customers in Europe and North America, including\nthree of the top five largest construction companies in Europe.\n\nContact Information\n\nGeoffrey Guilly, Chief Executive Officer\nEmail: geoffrey.guilly@aitenders.com\nInvestor Relations Website: https://investors.aitenders.com/\n\nCautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis news release contains \"forward-looking information\" and \"forward-looking\nstatements\" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation\n(collectively, \"forward-looking information\"). Forward-looking information\nincludes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to future events or\nthe Company's future performance and business, and may generally be identified\nby the use of forward-looking terminology such as \"anticipates\", \"expects\",\n\"intends\", \"plans\", \"will\", \"would\", \"may\", \"believes\", \"estimates\", or\nvariations of such words and phrases, or statements that certain actions,\nevents or results \"will\", \"may\", \"could\" or \"would\" occur or be achieved.\n\nThis news release includes, without limitation, forward-looking information\nconcerning: the anticipated listing of the Resulting Issuer Shares on the CSE\nunder the ticker symbol \"BIDS\" and the expected commencement of trading of the\nResulting Issuer Shares during the week of Monday, August 3, 2026; the\nsatisfaction by the Company of the CSE's final listing requirements; the\nanticipated filing of the Company's Form 2A - Listing Statement on the CSE's\nwebsite and on SEDAR+; the Company's continuation of the business of Aitenders\nfollowing the Transaction and the operation of Aitenders as a wholly owned\nsubsidiary of the Company; the conversion of the Subscription Receipts issued\nunder the Concurrent Financing into Resulting Issuer Shares upon satisfaction\nof the applicable escrow release conditions; the intended filing of an early\nwarning report by Geoffrey Guilly under the Company's profile on SEDAR+; and\nstatements regarding the Company's business objectives, strategy, focus on the\nconstruction sector, and the development, commercialization and capabilities\nof its end-to-end AI-powered platform for tender response and contract\nmanagement.\n\nForward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions and estimates\nthat, while considered reasonable by management of the Company as of the date\nof this news release, are inherently subject to significant business,\neconomic, regulatory and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. These\nassumptions include, without limitation, that the CSE's final listing\nrequirements will be satisfied by the Company in a timely manner or at all;\nthat the integration of Aitenders will proceed as anticipated; that the\nCompany will be able to develop, protect and commercialize its technology and\nplatform as expected; and that general economic, market and industry\nconditions will be consistent with management's current expectations.\n\nBy its nature, forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown\nrisks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results,\nperformance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any\nfuture results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such\nforward-looking information. Such risks and uncertainties include, without\nlimitation: the risk that the CSE's final listing requirements are not\nsatisfied in a timely manner or at all; that the escrow release conditions\napplicable to the Subscription Receipts may not be satisfied; risks relating\nto the early-stage nature of the Company's artificial intelligence technology\nand the ongoing development of its products and platform; the Company's\nability to attract and retain key personnel and to obtain financing on\nacceptable terms; competition; the protection of intellectual property; and\ngeneral economic, market and business conditions. The foregoing are not\nexhaustive of the factors that may cause the Company's results to differ\nmaterially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or\nimplied by forward-looking information. Additional risk factors will be\ndescribed in the Company's Form 2A - Listing Statement and in the Company's\nother disclosure documents to be filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.\n\nReaders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking\ninformation. The forward-looking information contained in this news release is\nmade as of the date of this news release, and the Company does not undertake,\nand expressly disclaims, any obligation or intention to update or revise any\nforward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future\nevents or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.\n\nNeither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider\n(as that term is defined in the policies of the Exchange) accepts\nresponsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. No stock\nexchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or\ndisapproved the information contained herein.\n\nNot for Distribution in the United States\n\n\nTo view the source version of this press release, please visit\nhttps://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/307535"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-07-31T20:05:17.79218994Z","server_sent_at_ms":1785528317792},"received_at":"2026-07-31T20:05:17.856Z","source_url":"https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/307535"},"analysis":{"id":"94446","press_release_id":"105433","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Software","sector":"Information Technology"},"redFlags":["reverse split ratio of 1:12.6 signals prior listing compliance concerns or structural adjustment","RTO structure implies higher risk profile typical of small-cap reverse mergers"],"eventType":"m_and_a","narrative":"Aitenders Technologies Inc. has closed its reverse takeover of France-based AI platform developer Aitenders, effectively transitioning from a shell entity to an operating business in the construction technology sector.\n\nThe transaction included a non-brokered private placement raising $2.4 million and a share consolidation on a 1:12.589839 basis, reducing outstanding shares to approximately 6 million prior to closing.\n\nThe Canadian Securities Exchange granted conditional approval to list shares under the new ticker symbol BIDS, with trading expected to commence during the week of August 3.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":true,"suggestedAngle":"RTO complete: eXeBlock transforms into AI construction firm Aitenders with new ticker BIDS."},"keyFigures":{"offeringPrice":0.5833,"sharesOffered":4114521,"customDimensions":{"numus_fee":"$500,000","new_ticker":"BIDS","broker_warrants":288016,"reverse_split_ratio":"1:12.589839","concurrent_financing_proceeds":"$2.4 million"}},"quotedText":"Aitenders has been recognized among the Top 50 ConTech Startups 2026 globally by Cemex Ventures, serving enterprise customers including three of the top five largest construction companies in Europe and North America.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Geoffrey Guilly","role":"Chief Executive Officer"}],"products":["Aitenders platform"],"companies":[{"name":"Aitenders","relationship":"acquired subsidiary"},{"name":"eXeBlock Technology Corporation","relationship":"former name"},{"name":"Canadian Securities Exchange","relationship":"exchange"},{"name":"Numus Capital Corp.","relationship":"exclusive agent"},{"name":"Amplio International Consulting and Trading","relationship":"shareholder"},{"name":"Cemex Ventures","relationship":"mentioned"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"$2.4 million","context":"aggregate gross proceeds of Concurrent Financing"},{"amount":"$500,000","context":"corporate finance fee paid to Numus"},{"amount":"$0.5833","context":"deemed issue price per Resulting Issuer Share"},{"amount":"$168,000","context":"cash commission paid to Numus"},{"amount":"$22,253,224","context":"aggregate deemed consideration for Geoffrey Guilly's shares"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":4,"reasoning":"The company has completed a transformative reverse takeover, acquiring an operating AI business, raising $2.4 million in capital, and securing a conditional listing. 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